Reigniting the city’s love of live performance and theatrical adventure, Vancouver Fringe will present 70+ bold, daring and dynamic acts as part of its 2022 Festival this September.

All performances $15. Book here ⇢

Featuring a full smorgasbord of theatre, comedy, music, dance, spoken word and more, this year’s Festival promises to be one of the Fringe’s most memorable as it takes over almost every theatre space available in and around Granville Island.

The performances of special interest to the LGBTQ+ community would be as follows:

Blockhead – Comedy from local artist Zac Williams and the anxieties about growing up

Drag me to the Opera – Drag featuring 7 costume & wig changes

Life’s a Drag – Drag from an international performing artist (Australia)

Neurotic Erotica – Comedy from BC-based artist Regan Shrumm about the awkwardness of navigating the dating field

Spooky & Gay Cabaret – Goosebumps, only gayer. Coming into Vancouver from Orlando, Florida

The Disney Delusion – One man show from award-winning comedian Leif Oleson-Cormack about unrequited love and more
The Family Crow: A Murder Mystery – Adult-oriented puppetry show from, performed by Canadian LGBTQ+ artist

Returning venue partners include Performance Works, Arts Umbrella, The Improv Centre, Waterfront Theatre and The Revue Stage, alongside new cultural partners Leap Creative – who will be making live-streaming a reality this year. This year will also see a brand new hive of activity launched at the Granville Island Picnic Pavilion including a series of workshops and interactive experiences for one and all.

Highlights this year include Vancouver-based artist Chase Padgett with his trademark style of humour, storytelling and song in Lucky Break – a story about his whirlwind 2021 participating in Fox’s latest unscripted singing show. Local legend Dolores Drake returns to the Festival with her acclaimed one-woman show The Distance Between Newfoundland and Toronto – a sell-out at Vancouver Fringe in 2016. Fringe veteran TJ Dawe will also tease Vancouver audiences with an hour of playful jokes and worldly observations in his latest comedic caper Blueberries are Assholes.

Further highlights include the likes of comedians Ed Hill (Stupid Ed) and DK Reinemar (The DK Effect), pioneering dance company PointeTango (Tango, to the Pointe), drag acts Steven Morton (Drag me to the Opera) and Dean Misdale (Life’s a Drag), and the trailblazing theatre company Monster Theatre with a fierce, feminist retelling of Shakespeare’s most famous play (Juliet: A Revenge Comedy).

Throughout all this, the Phillips Fringe Bar will also be back serving drinks and refreshments from noon until night, where audiences can vote for their top theatre acts to participate in ‘Pick of the Fringe’ – a bonus week of performances featuring an array of returning favourites. This year, ‘Pick of the Fringe’ will take place at Performance Works from 21 – 25 September.

Tickets for the Vancouver Fringe Festival 2022 can be purchased here. In advance of the September launch, Vancouver Fringe can be found on all the platforms you get your podcasts with All things Fringey, a brand new audio offering hosted by Executive Director Cory Philley featuring a bite-sized flavour of all the festivities to come.